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Book Blurb

Having quit his job, Idris is trying to make it home to his partner of twelve years, Dan, in time for Christmas. Stuck on a train during a snowstorm, Idris has nothing to do but think back on how much he has missed by putting his career first. His job has been straining their partnership for years, and now Idris worries he’s damaged it beyond repair. He desperately wants to get back to the UK and salvage their relationship—if there’s even anything waiting for him when he gets home.

A story from the Dreamspinner Press 2014 Advent Calendar package "Celebrate!".

 

Book Review

For men like Idris, who is ambitious and wants only the best for his partner of twelve years, it is all too easy to lose sight of what is really important. And that is not his career, his truly atrocious boss, or the hoped-for promotion that never happens. What is important is his love for Dan and their relationship.

There is a major problem though. Just before Christmas, Idris may have come to his senses, but as he travels home to see Dan, he begins to remember meeting Dan, falling in love with him, then dealing with Idris’s career and him being away most of the time. Now that he has taken a step back and begins to see things from Dan’s perspective, he begins to think it may be too late to salvage their relationship. Watching him come to his senses was painful to read about, and his desperate hope for Dan to at least listen to him had my heart beating faster in fear for both of them.

If you like stories about relationships that are definitely on the rocks, if you want to see a man come to his senses, regret focusing on the wrong things, and begin to hope he still has a chance, and if you’re looking for a read where a miracle is needed for two men who love each other deeply to get their happy ending, then you will probably like this short story.

 

 

 

 

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Additional Information

Format	ebook
Length	Short Story, 35 pages/10806 words
Heat Level
Publication Date	01-December-2014
Price	$1.99 ebook
Buy Link	https://www.dreamspinnerpress.com/books/the-journey-back-by-kristen-slater-1495-b